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What is the ruling on purchasing electronic games or anime series that contain images of animate beings, or music, or images that reveal part of a woman's 'awrah, and is it permissible to acquire them through unlawful means while avoiding the prohibited elements within them?

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The game is not forbidden due to the presence of drawings of animate beings, nor drawings of women unless they arouse instincts, lust, and temptation. Listening to music is forbidden, but it is permissible to buy the game if its content is permissible and it is possible to avoid Shariah violations within it, such as music. It is not permissible to obtain games through illegitimate means such as piracy. A Muslim should invest their time in what benefits them in their religion and worldly life, and beware of wasting time in idle amusement, for they will be held accountable for their life on the Day of Judgment.

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